First time doing threatre, yet got a protagonist and a really dark one, help!
Okay so.. ive always had a passion for acting, but ive never went to any classes..only school plays.... the thing is i think of myself as a more witty, comical type of interpreter, is really hard for me to get serious..i think that might be exactly the reason why i was given this role, as to kind of challenge myself? but im finding it hard to tame.
For context im 17, this year i decided to try out musical threatre, surprisingly, this year's play is one i know very well, Heathers! when the auditions were announced, i expressed my interest on playing ram or kurt, but i was the only one approached specifically by the teachers and told that they really wanted me to do JD, so they straight up gave me the role even after auditioning.
Its a bit funny because JD is actually my least favourite character of the play, i know that to be good at threatre u gotta let yourself be a little cringe, but for jd i just cant take him seriously and its becoming an issue because we had practice last week and i just kept laughing and cringing at all the lines, i think this can be fixed with time, but my main problem is that, due to the way i percieve jd, i feel like im overexaggerating his body language and speech, as i present very smug and ''badass'' when im acting as him, a bit like the movie jd, but i cant really.. decypher or understand the musical's jd.. hes like serious but also chill? kind of monotone in a way(?
I guess what im asking for is general tips from people who have played him, aswell as tips from people with experience in musical threatre.. i love acting but to be honest im lacking a lot of info on how it works when doing a play..thank you!! i really hope this post is appropiate, i dont use reddit much either ):